14.9% ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Yowie Bay · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Yowie Bay
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
British and Irish roots remain the dominant heritage in Yowie Bay, where English and Australian ancestries each claim over 37% of the population. While the area has a small number of overseas-born residents, the strong influence of UK and Irish heritage creates a very traditional ancestral profile.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (39.8%) and Australian (37.6%) are the most common ancestries, followed by Irish at 13.7% and Scottish at 11.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Few people here were born overseas, making up just 14.9% of the population. This is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the New South Wales rate of 29.3%, with 84% of residents born in Australia.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Yowie Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14537/yowie-bay/topic/ancestry-heritage